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University Canada West was founded as a for-profit university by David Strong, the former president of the University of Victoria, and a group of investors.It was intended to cater to British Columbian students who had been turned away from the province's public universities as well as the Asian Pacific market and had projected an eventual enrolment of 3000 students. [6]
Canada West (formally the Canada West Universities Athletic Association or CWUAA) is a regional membership association for universities in Western Canada which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information, schedules, results, and releases about those programs and events to the public and the media.
Aerial view of the Vancouver campus of the University of British Columbia. According to Maclean's, in 2016, the three universities with the highest enrollment of international students in first-year undergraduate studies were the University of British Columbia (31%), McGill University, (30.7%), and Bishop's University (29.6%). [29]
U Sports (stylized as U SPORTS) is the national sport governing body for universities in Canada, comprising the majority of degree-granting universities in the country and four regional conferences: Ontario University Athletics (OUA), Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ), Canada West (CW), and Atlantic University Sport (AUS).
As of 2023, there are over 100 universities in Canada, offering education in English and French. [2] Most French-speaking universities are located in Quebec , though several institutions outside the province are either francophone or bilingual. 1.8 million students are enrolled in university. [ 3 ]
[5] [6] 27 university teams in Canada played U Sports football, the highest level of amateur Canadian football. [7] Manitoba kicker Maya Turner became the first woman to be named an all-star in U Sports football when she was named to the Canada West all-star team. She made 14 of 18 field goal attempts for the team, and made all her conversions. [8]
The MacEwan Griffins and Trinity Western Spartans joined the Canada West conference beginning with the 2020-21 season. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] However, the Lethbridge Pronghorns announced the discontinuation of their hockey programs following the 2019-20 season due to budgetary constraints. [ 8 ]
Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences [6] Port Alberni: English 2007 — Trinity Western University: Langley: English 1962 Evangelical Free Church of America: University Canada West: Vancouver: English 2005 — Yorkville University: Vancouver [note 3] English 2017 [note 4] —